Sfoglia per Soggetto "Music"
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Biomechanical Research in Dance: A Literature Review
(2011)The authors reviewed the literature, published from 1970 through December 2009, on biomechanical research in dance. To identify articles, the authors used search engines, including PubMed and Web of Science, five previous ... -
Body Composition and Ballet Injuries A Preliminary Study
(2008)To date, the effects of body composition on injury occurrence and healing times in dancers have received limited scientific attention. The aim of the current study was to determine possible associations between somatotype, ... -
Dance as an Eccentric Form of Exercise: Practical Implications
(2012)The eccentric action is an integral part of the stretch-shortening (or eccentric-concentric) cycle of muscle movement, especially when repositioning of the centre of gravity is required. Jumps and landing tasks are examples ... -
Development of a Portable Anchored Dynamometer for Collection of Maximal Voluntary Isometric Contractions in Biomechanics Research on Dancers
(2011)Surface electromyography (sEMG) has been used in dance medicine research since the 1970s, but normalization procedures are not consistently employed in the field. The purpose of this project was to develop a portable ... -
Do Increases in Selected Fitness Parameters Affect the Aesthetic Aspects of Classical Ballet Performance?
(2011)Research has indicated that classical ballet dancers tend to have lower fitness levels and increased injury rates compared to other athletes with similar workloads. The aim of the current study was to examine the effects ... -
Effect of musical stimuli and white noise on rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) growth and physiology in recirculating water conditions
(2013)Two musical stimuli transmissions (Mozart and Romanza) as compared with white noise treatment or control, both resulted in significantly higher growth performance in juvenile (6.7 +/- 0.12 g) rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus ... -
Effects of Supplemental Training on Fitness and Aesthetic Competence Parameters in Contemporary Dance A Randomised Controlled Trial
(2012)Within aesthetic sports such as figure skating and rhythmic gymnastics, physical fitness has been shown to have positive benefits on performance outcomes. Presently the link between physical fitness and aesthetic contemporary ... -
Electromyographic Comparison of Grand Battement Devant at the Barre, in the Center, and Traveling
(2012)This study examined utilization of the trunk and lower extremity muscles during grand battement devant in three conditions: at the barre (supported stationary condition in 1st position), in the center (unsupported stationary ... -
The Essential Role of Innovative Technologies in Assessment and Rehabilitation Settings
(2019)The paper is focused on the significance of Assistive Innovative Technologies to Neuropsychological Assessment and Neurorehabilitation. The purpose of this study was to investigate the usefulness of Technology in clinical ... -
Muscular Strength: Applications for Dancers
(2009)Muscle fibers can generally be divided into slow and fast twitch according to their contraction speed. Even though in individual normally has the same ratio of slow/fast muscle fibers throughout his or her body, the ... -
Physical Fitness and Severity of Injuries in Contemporary Dance
(2009)Limited data are available on whether different physical fitness levels are associated with injury severity in contemporary dancers. The aim of this study was to investigate this association in female dancers. Five ... -
Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Disorders in Professional Symphony Orchestra Musicians in Greece A Pilot Study Concerning Age, Gender, and Instrument-Specific Results
(2013)This study was designed to investigate the frequency of musculoskeletal disorders among musicians in a professional-level symphony orchestra in Greece. The sample consisted of 147 musicians (97 men, 50 women) of the Athens ... -
Rebetiko Past, Performativity, and the Political: The Music of Yiannis Angelakas
(2015)This article examines the ways rebetiko's past is re-invented today in the creative re-workings by the musician-poet-singer Yiannis Angelakas, whose popularity in Greece has been escalating since the mid-2000s. In what ... -
Respiratory function in vocal soloists, opera singers and wind instrument musicians
(2016)Introduction: Current studies have not yet reached a definitive conclusion on the effects of singing and playing wind instruments professionally on an individual's respiratory function. Objective: The purpose of this study ...